Tag: Russia

Michael Cohen walks out of federal court, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018, in New York, after pleading guilty to lying to Congress about work he did on an aborted project to build a Trump Tower in Russia., Cohen told the judge he lied about the timing of the negotiations and other details to be consistent with Trump's "political message."

Byron York: Remember Prague? In Michael Cohen plea deal, Mueller says nothing about key collusion allegation

Byron York · November 30, 2018 11:55 am

Putin Poses a Test

The Editors · November 30, 2018 8:20 am

Attorney Alan Dershowitz looks through papers during a session of the Nevada Supreme Court, Tuesday, April 5, 2016, in Las Vegas. The Nevada Supreme Court heard arguments in casino mogul Sheldon Adelson's effort to disqualify a judge in a civil wrongful termination lawsuit involving a former Sands China executive.

Alan Dershowitz: ‘Essential’ for DOJ to withhold Mueller report until Trump can rebut it

Daniel Chaitin · November 30, 2018 4:00 am

President Trump is pictured on the left; special counsel Robert Mueller is on the right.

Trump after Cohen plea deal: Mueller’s ‘illegal hoax’ should be stopped ‘immediately’

Daniel Chaitin · November 30, 2018 3:18 am

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 Summit, Friday, July 7, 2017, in Hamburg. Trump and Putin met for more than two hours.

Trump Organization offered Putin $50M penthouse in Trump Tower Moscow in 2016

Anna Giaritelli · November 30, 2018 1:19 am

In this Nov. 21, 2018, photo, acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker addresses law enforcement officials at the Joint Terrorism Task Force in New York.

Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker knew of Michael Cohen plea deal before it went public

Kelly Cohen · November 29, 2018 9:56 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Brigitte Macron, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel attend a commemoration ceremony for Armistice Day, 100 years after the end of the First World War at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Macron and Merkel, no saviors of the West, bend before Putin

Tom Rogan · November 29, 2018 9:46 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Thursday.

‘He will show he’s tougher.’ Putin likely to strike back at Trump: Kremlinologists

Steven Nelson · November 29, 2018 8:35 pm

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a press conference after their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, Monday, July 16, 2018.

Trump leaves Russia in the dark: ‘No official information’ on canceled Putin meeting

Pete Kasperowicz · November 29, 2018 7:57 pm

U.S. Rep. Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-NY, listens to remarks at the National Action Network House of Justice, in New York, Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. Prominent lawmakers and community leaders took aim at President Donald Trump's racial rhetoric at a New York commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday.

Jerrold Nadler: Cohen guilty plea shows Mueller investigation skeptics ‘must face reality’

Diana Stancy Correll · November 29, 2018 6:53 pm

Michael Cohen, left, walks out of federal court with his attorney Guy Petrillo,Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018, in New York, after pleading guilty to lying to Congress about work he did on an aborted project to build a Trump Tower in Russia., Cohen told the judge he lied about the timing of the negotiations and other details to be consistent with Trump's "political message."

Alan Dershowitz: Michael Cohen plea deal shows Mueller has ‘created’ crimes

Naomi Lim · November 29, 2018 6:25 pm

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the South Lawn before leaving the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018 to attend the G20 Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Beltway Confidential

Why Trump deserves credit for canceling his Putin meeting

Tom Rogan · November 29, 2018 5:42 pm